Automation Articles for Manufacturers and Engineers

Siemens introduces Intelligence Center X as a bridge between AI agents and human employees.

Siemens Launches Intelligence Center X to Bring AI Agents into the Human Workforce

The new industrial software bridges the gap between AI experimentation and real-world scale, already cutting manual labor by up to 95% for early adopters.

Siemens announced Intelligence Center X, new industrial AI orchestration software designed to help organizations turn industrial AI from isolated experimentation into scalable, real world business impact through a hybrid workforce where people and AI agents work together with shared context, workflows and lifecycle intelligence.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Murrelektronik was one of several exhibitors at Automate 2026, here pictured showing off their I/O software.

The Message from Automate 2026: Simplify

More than ever, one can feel the march of progress at Automate as technology climbs to higher heights. But across almost every exhibitor I talked to and every experience I had at Automate, there was a consistent message: it’s time to make automation more accessible for the average manufacturers and warehouse owners of the world. It’s time for technology to build outwards, instead of upwards.

The AI-embedded camera helps detect factory defects, while its plug-and-play capability eases the process for factory workers.

Stop Factory Defects in Real Time with UnitX's DeteX

UnitX, a developer of AI-powered visual inspection for manufacturing, launched DeteX, a fast deploying AI-powered smart camera. UnitX is trusted to inspect over $15B in products annually across more than 190 manufacturing facilities worldwide. DeteX is purpose-built to eliminate the manufacturing Vision Gap and give every production line the power to reduce scrap and stop defect escapes before they occur.

ROBOTICS

Robots: Beyond the Curtain

At Automate 2026, we had the opportunity to interview Mark Gagas, COO of Sensory Robotics, to learn more about the company’s SR-1 robotic safety system.

CaPow has developed a new capacitive power solution for charging AMRs designed to keep them operating perpetually.

Perpetually Mobile Robots

When we were at Automate, I got a chance to see a lot of different takes on AMR technology. Fully automated warehousing systems isolated in a cage, cutting edge AMRs that operate in shared environments, and even low-tech alternatives for companies that don’t have an official “robot wrangler” on their staff. But every product was met with the same question: What's the operating time? Energy solution provider CaPow thinks they have a way to answer: "Forever."

MOTION CONTROL

ABB's Top Industrial Efficiency (TIE) approach can help factories maximize their productivity while cutting costs over time.

How Improved Motor Efficiency Can Save Billions of Dollars and Reduce Carbon Emissions

ABB's new report, The Industrial Efficiency Gap, shows how high-efficiency industrial motors and generators can unlock one of the largest untapped opportunities to save energy, cut costs and reduce emissions in global industry.

Automate 2026 takes place June 22-25 at Chicago's McCormick Place.

North Hall Sneak Peak for Automate 2026

Automate 2026 comes to Chicago next week, and we’ve been hard at work digging through the lists of over a thousand exhibitors to find interesting products and opportunities to track down at the show. Last week, you got a sneak peak at the South Hall, and today, we’ll be exploring everything that will be happening at McCormick’s North Hall.

AI

Haddy uses Siemens' Xcelerator to maintain consistency across sustainable 3D printing sites.

Siemens AI aids Haddy in Powering Sustainable Robot Microfactories

Siemens announced that Haddy, a U.S.-based additive manufacturing company, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, to scale local additive manufacturing using circular materials across industries including furniture, marine and defense.

A Coherix technical account manager reviews the 3D laser dispensing system integrated on a Kawasaki 7-axis robot.

Stopping Factory Glue Defects Before They Happen

Coherix, a supplier of automated dispensing solutions, joined Kawasaki Robotics at AUTOMATE 2026 to demonstrate how manufacturers can eliminate adhesive defects in real-time while reducing material and labor costs by 25 percent or more.